A bill introduced in Washington State is the latest to assign manufacturers responsibility for what happens to consumer products at their end-of-life.
The Recycling Reform Act would require certain manufacturers that sell products in the state to create and fund a program to collect and recycle the packaging used for their products. The producers would have to establish a so-called producer responsibility organization to develop a collection and recycling program and collect fees from the producers to fund the program.
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